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Card games

dead card (comp. karuta); cards that are not present at the start of the match

Card games

read card (comp. karuta)

prize-winning ticket; winning lottery ticket

Hanafuda

card that can be counted as more than one type of card for scoring combinations (e.g. the sake cup card or the November suit)

Hanafuda

10-point card; tane; animal card

charm for shrine visitors

votive tablet donated to a shrine or temple

Archaic

treasury or granary receipt statement

Hanafuda

1-point card; junk card; plain card

Card games

regional pattern of (traditional Japanese) playing cards (such as hanafuda); local playing cards

Hanafuda; 菓子 is an ateji "pun" on 貸し

card (oft. featuring illustrations of sweets) used to represent money when gambling

Colloquial

accidental bid; bid made in mistake

Card games

ōyamafuda (comp. karuta); the six cards with six-mora-long kimariji

Card games

sent card (comp. karuta); card sent to one's opponent

Card games

draw pile

mekuri karuta (card game popular in the late Edo period)

prearranged bidding; collusive bidding

inspection of tickets in the car (carriage)

Sumo

holding two positions at once (esp. of rikishi or judges who are also coaches)

invalid coupon

Card games

correct card (comp. karuta); card on the field corresponding to the defuda

shill bid; shill bidding

Proverb; Jocular, humorous term; Pun on 挨拶 and 円札 both ending in さつ

money speaks louder than words; money is better than (empty) words; yen bills over salutations

Historical term

paper money issued by a feudal domain

Humble; Rare term

giving a gift

Rare term

sign on a post (esp. containing information about a sight, warnings, congratulations, etc.)